Sugar & Spice

I wake up the next morning feeling repulsive. My head has a pounding in it and my stomach feels cold and hollow. Last night, I managed to calm Bandit down until she fell asleep. I also popped out my window frame and cleaned up the gross eggs that they threw at my window. I got up and looked in the mirror. My entire face was even paler than usual and I had dark bags under my eyes. Great. Not only do I feel like crap, but I look like crap too. I walk downstairs to see a note on the refrigerator.

"Kids,
I had an appointment at the clinic this morning and have to go shopping afterwards. Take care and call if you need anything.
-Mom "

Okay, so mom's gone. I head back upstairs and take a shower. I undress and step into the cool water that makes me feel better. Once I finish showering, I get dressed (making sure I put on a long sleeved shirt with jeans so my scars don't show) and walk back downstairs. My head still hurts, so I open the medicine cabinet and take out some pain killers. I pop one in my mouth and drink it down with a glass of water when Lilly walks in the room.

"Holy cow! Are you okay?" She said as she looked at me.
"Is it that bad?" I ask. She nods and I sigh. Her stomach growls and I laugh as she blushes and says, "So what? I'm hungry!" We decide we had better make some breakfast before her stomach asks for food again. Deciding to make pancakes, we mix everything together and begin to make them. Once we finished and we have a plate of hot stacked cakes, I walk back upstairs to wake Miles up so that he could eat too.

I knock on the door then walk in. I thought Miles was still sleeping, but I was wrong. He was sitting next to his bed, staring into space again. "Miles?" I say, waving a hand in front of his eyes. He blinks and looks over at me with eyes that ask, 'What?'
"Wanna go eat something?" I ask. He nods and I help him up. We wash our hands and sit down at the breakfast nook. I'm passing Lilly a plate as I look at Miles' plate. Yes, he had warm, fluffly discs of cakes on his plate, but what he had DRAWN on the top one worried me. He had drawn an eye.

Lilly sees me staring at the plate and stands up to look as well. As she looks at it, he eyes get wide. We look at each other and then look at Miles. He looks as if it's normal to draw an eye on his breakfast.

"Do you think he's been brainwashed by the illuminati?" I ask which results in me getting slapped upside the head by Lilly. "Of course not!" She says, rolling her eyes. I shrug and take a photo of his plate with my phone before we begin to eat.

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After we finish eating and washing the dishes, we get bored and decide to walk to the park. Miles takes a shower and we begin our trip to the park. Since It was a nice day out, we decided to walk Peppers and Sweet Pea too. As we enter the park, I hear laughing. Ugly laughing. I look around and see Brittany. Only she could laugh like a horse. I break out into a cold sweat. Remembering something.

"...you should be careful. They might hurt your family."

Notes

I know! Filler. And cliffhanger.